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Nielsens: 'Following,' 'Crime,' 'Dig'

Less of a following. The third-season premiere of Fox's The Following grabbed 4.9 million same-day viewers, less than half the audience of last year's January opener (11.2 million), which followed an NFL

Less of a following. The third-season premiere of Fox's The Following on Monday grabbed 4.9 million same-day viewers, less than half the audience of last year's January opener (11.2 million), which followed an NFL playoff game, but was on a par with last spring's final episodes.

Crime pays. Thursday's debut of ABC's racially charged American Crime (8.4 million viewers) nearly matched timeslot predecessor How to Get Away With Murder, though NBC's competing Allegiance was cancelled after a series-low 3.3 million.

Cable corner. USA Network's Dig opened with 1.8 million viewers Thursday, while Suits' finale averaged 1.6 million Wednesday. HBO's Togetherness wrapped its first season with 326,000 Sunday.